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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024073813 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Channel=20Security=20Servervices?= <victorymaurice123@yahoo.com.co>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 03:19:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WORK WITH ME


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:victorymaurice123@yahoo.com.co



- Dear Sir/Madam,Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics. I introduce myself as Mr. Victory Maurice. We want to transfer abroad the sum of £27.8 million from Channel Security Services, a private security company, based in Luton , United Kingdom where I work as the operations manager. The account withholding this money has been dormant since January 2002. An investigation was carried out by the inspection department of the company on the state of the account and it was revealed that this account belongs to one Mr. John Shumejda, the former CEO of AGCO Corporation, USA who lost his life in an air crash in Birmingham, United Kingdom on his way back to the USA which is why the fund has remained unclaimed till now. The policy in this company is that if an account is left unoperated for a long period of time, such an account will be frozen and the balance confiscated by the security company. To avoid such a scenario, we have perfected plans to transfer this fund to a trusted foreigner abroad who will hold it in trust for us until we join him or her in his or her country for sharing. We are therefore soliciting for your assistance to quickly present a bank account that has the capacity to receive this fund. We shall present you as the next of kin to Mr. John Shumejda and beneficiary to his entitlements. All necessary documentations that will legalize the transfer of the fund to your international bank account in your country would be procured to make it free from risk If you have the capacity to be a part of this deal, please get back to me immediately either by email or by telephone and I will intimate you with further details of the transaction. My direct line is: +447024073813 and ONLY on this email address: victorymaurice44@live.com. I await your urgent response. Best regards Victory Maurice

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